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earm-sceapen

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Þis atule gewrixl earmsceape (-sceapene? cf. the same passage in Wlfst. 138, 30: Þá earmsceapenan men) men on worulda woruld wendað his miseris vicibus miseri volvuntur in aevum, Dóm. L. 196.

eástan

(adv.)
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eástan, adv.
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</b> of light :--- Þis ne dagað eástan, Fin 3. marking direction of measurement, giving quarter from which measurement is made Affrica onginð eástan westwerd fram Egyptum æt þǽre ee þe man Nilus hǽt measured from the east westwards Africa starts

gyrdel

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Ðonne þú gyrdel (-er, MS. ) habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þenum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 21. Hí cuwon heora girdlas, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 9. Add

godcundlic

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</b> celestial, heavenly :-- Óþre hwíle hé smeáþ ymb þis eorþlice líf, óþre hwíle ymb ꝥ godcundlice, Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 5. Ealle godcundlice gesceafta standað on Drihtnes gewealdum, Hml.

mægen

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mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen

ólehtung

(n.)
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ólehtung, e; f.
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Gemunað þá þe eall hira líf on þisse worulde on ólehtungum lifedon ( lived in sensual pleasures), Verc. Först. 170. Eáwlá, wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and óðrum líðnessum? Of ðám cymeð unhǽlo, nales mægen.

þanc

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</b> add :-- Þis is mé on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9. Add Ic geann him .vi. mæran mid .vi. coltan tó þance ( in gratitude ), Shrn. 159, 29. v. æf-, of-, ymb-þanc

hádian

(v.)
Grammar
hádian, p. ode; pp. od

To ordain

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Hér mon hádode Byrnstán bisceop tó Wintanceastre in this year Byrnstan was ordained to the bishopric of Winchester, Chr. 931; Ed. 110, 22. Ne hádige man ǽfre wudewan tó hrædlíce never let a widow take the veil too hastily, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 15

Linked entry: ge-hádian

hæg-weard

(n.)
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hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,agellarius

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The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp.

twǽde

(adj.)
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twǽde, adj.
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Frs. twéde two thirds, also half; twédnath two thirds.] Cf. twi-dǽl

Linked entry: þridda

earn-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
earn-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

Eagle-kind gĕnus aquĭlæ

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Eagle-kind; gĕnus aquĭlæ Ne ete ge nán þing earncynnes do not eat anything of the eagle-kind, Lev. ll, 13

efn-líca

(n.)
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efn-líca, an; m.

An equalæquālis

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An equal; æquālis Nis nán efnlíca ðín there is no one thine equal, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 38; Met. 20, 19

Linked entry: efen-líca

un-helian

(v.)
Grammar
un-helian, p. ede

To uncoverreveal

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To uncover, reveal Nis nán þing oferheled ðe ne beó unheled nihil opertum est quod non reueletur, Lk. Skt. 12, 2

ge-dreóhlíce

(adv.)
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Ne sprecon ymbe nán þing búton ymbe heora wore, and ꝥ gedreóhlice and wærlíce ( et hoc caute ), Chrd. 29, 21. Add

be-ufan

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Ðá þing þe wé beufan writon, Lch. ii. 228, 24. Add

fremsume

(adv.)
Grammar
fremsume, adv.
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Benignly, kindly Gedó nú fræmsume frófre þíne tó þínum gódan gástes willan benigne fac in bona voluntate tua, Ps. C. 130

Linked entry: fræmsum

óþer-geáre

(adv.)
Grammar
óþer-geáre, adv.
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Next year Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna scyle beón óþergeáre on þisne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 16, 19

ge-þéwan

(v.)
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ge-þéwan, p. -þéwde; pp. -þéwed, -þéwd

To oppress;opprĭmĕre

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To oppress; opprĭmĕre He sárig folc, geþéwde þurste, blissade he gladdened the sorrowful people, oppressed with thirst, Ps. Th. 106, 32

fóre

(prep.)
Grammar
fóre, = fór; prep. dat. acc.

beforecōramantein conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquoantebeforeante

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Kmbl. 369; An. 185. sometimes fóre follows its case or is separated from it On ðone Drihten ðe ðes háligdóm is fóre hálig by the Lord before whom this relic is holy, L. O. 1. 2; Th. i. 178, 3, 12.

FÚL

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚL, adj.

FOULdirtyimpurecorruptrottenstinkingguiltyconvicted of a crimefœdusimmundussordĭdusobscœnusspurcuspūtĭdusfœtĭdusculpæ consciuscrīmĭne convictus

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Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla I am viler than this rotten wood, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 33; Rä. 41, 48. Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41: 5, 12; S. 630, 12.

Linked entries: a-fúl FÚL fúl